DK was just following his nature while RK was being friendlyThe guard really should have been ready for action, you'd think rulers in this setting would be aware of DK's existence and know that if they see him coming they gotta either take him out or get the fuck out of there

>>91682067He might have been a new force in the land. After taking the serpent queen's crown, DK sees what might be others of his kind in a cave. And, as far as we can tell, DK lives in solitude in his castle, with his minions seeming to only be monstrous creatures and automatons.

So perhaps he's just a random yuck from the caves who decided he deserved to be royalty.

Plus, when taking the Rat King's crown, notice that DK only has one crown; this was either his first usurpation, or the first time he found a crown that fit his. So it's reasonable to assume no one figured he was roving around trying to steal crowns.

And yes, the guard we seriously out of sorts, but then again the front door DID open for DK. So, perhaps the Rat King simply thought DK was a respectful monarch and wanted to extend his agreeable hand in friendship, unaware that DK is a fucking psychopath. The guard probably realized how fucking terrifying DK is but didn't really act on it until it was too late.

>Rat King: Ah, welcome to my domain, fellow monarch! Tell me, how may I assist you today?>Double King: GIMME YOUR CROWN>RK: My crown? Is this a declaration of war?! Well be warned, my people will fight to their last br->DK: CROWN!>DK kills RK>DK (as he puts the crown on his head) ...crown.

>>91683033>why did he command his own fortress to back the fuck up?He never wanted his fortress, it was just a means to an end. When he thought he had claimed a big enough crown to live in, he decided he didn't need his fortress anymore so he told it to fuck off.

>>91683114>>91682810>I like X.>"I hate X, stop having threads about X. X isn't good.">We like X, you don't have to come into threads about X, just hide it.>"You guys are autistic for not explaining why X is good."

The Rat King was an excellent King for a variety of reasons:>He's old, meaning he's been king for quite some time>His kingdom is in a state of peace as evidenced by the fact that his guard didn't even have his gun loaded, the castle gates opened to Double King without any verification, and the Rat King's first instinct was to cordially greet the guy charging wordlessly into his castle>The King had a public funeral >Double King attacked the Rat King first as he knew he was old and his kingdom prosperous and peacefulThe one who has in the wrong was the guard with an unloaded musket, but to be fair the kingdom had no enemies.

>>91690384They're to represent vassals coming to his kingdom, as he's their new king. They're just there to show that he doesn't give the slightest fuck about actually being king, he only wants crowns.

>if the double king was black /co/ would cimp out and go literally we wuz kangs that nigs gonna nog and shit>/co/ find it's okay when he does it because muh cave dwellersreally makes you think you bunch of double kings

Actually, it was an Imperial Crown, as in, the crown of an EMPEROR, not a King.(In the end of the vid, the character's name is "Durt the Elder", and usually an Elder running a kingdom has done so for so long that it usually is an Empire at that point)

>>91692086>>91692087I am talking about the metaphorical premiseI thought it was pretty obviousthe cutting finger scene was because at that point there wasn't any more power for him to look for, aside from himself, hence the "accidental" suicide

>>91692758It showed his button-up shirt, feet, legs partially, arms, etc. As it goes on it devolves into just the hands. At the end he's basically just an upside down U with coloring. From what I've heard from various animators, they want to tell the story but for them animation can be too slow. They want to get their story out, and drawing frame by frame animation can make them feel like their story isn't getting out the way they want it or fast enough.

>>91692940Fucking this, this is exactly why so many people are ignoring the obvious metaphor. When he killed Rat King, he gained rat followers, but instead of doing anything with them he leaves a giant mouse trap out for them and waits for them to trigger it and die. When he gains more followers, he doesn't care about them even slightly and ignores their presence. When he "claims" the Mountain Kings crown, instead of adding it to his existing arsenal he openly attacks his former home and tells it to fuck off.

He wasn't looking for power, if he was we would have seen him enjoying the perks of his conquests.

>>91697631Fujos are more likely to make every character skinny, the Tumblr-native crowd are a slightly different bunch. They'll make male characters chubby but half of that time they're also transgender.

>>91697831What were they going to do, kill him again? Besides, Agatha was there, and I imagine none of them really wanted to get on her bad side by ruining the nice dinner party she set up for all of them.

>>91697865Also worth noting is how fast DK was killing kings. He was killing kings fucking DAILY, and given how fairly self-contained the kingdoms were it's entirely likely that he would have killed over half the kings in the land before there was even any kind of hint to the others that someone was out committing mass regicide.

>>91686120Open crown, a.k.a. corona aperta, was the simpler form of a crown that was usually worn by feudal rulers of vassal states and aristocrats.Closed crown, a.k.a. corona clausa, was the more intricate form of a crown worn by Emperors. William the Conqueror started using such crown to signify the sovereignity of his rule, beginning a trend that other European monarchs followed.

tl;dr: closed crown >>> open crownDouble King is a retard and in his ignorance he threw away a better crown.

>>91702243Double King kills people to take their crowns. He doesn't know what a crown is or what it signifies necessarily, he just likes tall pointy crowns. That's why he's confused by Durt's crown, because it isn't tall and pointy. It doesn't matter to him that it's a crown, because he's not after crowns necessarily - It doesn't look like the crowns he likes, so he wants nothing to do with it. It's why he chases after the cockatoo even though it's just feathers, it looks like the crown he wants. Durt's crown is functionally the same as all the other crowns, but it's not tall and pointy, so it's not in DK's interest. At the end he finally realized he had taken all the crowns possible and killed all the royals, so there was only one person left with a crown he could kill - Himself. As soon as he sees Agatha, he immediately goes for her crown since it's the kind of crown he likes. He even makes his napkin into what he likes. He's obsessed with crowns. DK's basically autistic but for big pointy crowns.

>>91702592>so there was only one person left with a crown he could kill - Himself>implying he killed himself on purposeCould you reach harder?The dumbass confused his own finger for another king, that's all there's to it.

>>91692084>undertones in a cartoonthe whole "muh power" angle is done to death, not everyone needs to be orson welles. Stop going on tumblr and actually read novels if you want to shoehorn symbolism in everything

>>91704124If anything they the metaphor could more be about status. He doesn't care about power he just cares about cool looking crownsThough given Felix's alleged work process reading any kind of message period is stupid since apparently he just kind of works from scene to scene and the whole short was based around "what could be riding those weird caterpillar things"

>>91705167if it were status, he wouldn't've turned away all those hooded followers.He just likes crowns, if you want to pick apart DK, focus on the worldbuilding and how everything in that land operates. THAT'S where the moneyshot for this is

>>91708110I theorize he can sense royalty but not crowns. He always seems to gravitate to other rulers>Was following the butterfly despite no longer holding the title any longer>Was already prepared to pounce on Squash Queen even though she had just become regal>Killed fish king for crown but couldn't find the crown when a non royal crab stole it>Came for the fungus despite not possessing a crown he lusted for

>>91710538I don't know. He did go for the bird at the end and there was no indication that it was royal. It was implied that it was simply a bird with a yellow crest and DK only wanted it because it looked like a crown.

>>91718872He died from blood loss, not directly because of the finger getting cut off (his finger was the source of the blood loss but he didn't just drop dead once his finger got cut off), so that part got regenerated.

>>91717195>>91716901That only strengthens the theory. He could see the crown shape but couldn't find the bird without line of sight. Look how his eyes dart around confused when the bird puts the feathers down. He can only find it based on sight so the bird is irreverent to him, He cannot sense the bird or see the crown so he is confused whenever it's not visible.

>>91720889I don't think you know what you're trying to argu anymore. If you are still trying to prove that:>>91710538 >he can sense royalty but not crowns...then the fact that he went after the bird disproves the theory because the bird is confirmed not royal according to the credits so DK has no reason to chase after it in keeping with the theory.

The reason why he went after the bird was because it looked like it was wearing a crown. DK looked confused when it's crest was down because he saw that the "crown" was no longer on the bird's head.

>>91722231>The reason why he went after the bird was because it looked like it was wearing a crown.Exactly, that's keeping in line with the theory. Why would someone need to be royal to have a crown? Royalty are just the most likely sources of crowns but if a non royal was holding a crown it's still a crown. DK wouldn't ignore a crown laying on the ground just because it's not on a royal head. He saw a crown, the source wasn't royal so he could only follow when it was in his line of sight. This does support the royal sense theory.

>>91723675It's probably supposed to show how his fixation of crowns makes him not care about anything else.Like the peasants coming to him or shooting at his own fortress when he gets to the mountain crown.